The Life Of An Aging Superhero

Infantgenius Published 09/16/2014

Nobody is perfect--even if you've gotten super powers from radioactivity exposure or gamma rays.

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What if a superhero was an imperfect slob?
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We're all just human after-all--even those of us who are superhuman.
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And in a universe where some people have super powers, one of them might be the kind of guy who feels somewhat obligated to fight crime some of the time, when he's not doing other stuff.
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It might be the kind of guy who wears his costume all the time because he loves the recognition and wouldn't know how to hide a secret identity anyway.
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These photorealistic oil paintings by Swedish artist Andreas Englund take us through the less dignified moments of a superhero.
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These images show us that--while our lives may be very different from that of this "hero"--we are still so similar in so many ways.
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Our hero may have to deal with aging like the rest of us; have a kid, learn from mistakes, eat a bad clementine, retire, and look back.
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The collection of paintings together implies a story that is all at once a little nostalgic, sad, funny, exciting, and hopeful.
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1.
What if a superhero was an imperfect slob?
2.
We're all just human after-all--even those of us who are superhuman.
3.
And in a universe where some people have super powers, one of them might be the kind of guy who feels somewhat obligated to fight crime some of the time, when he's not doing other stuff.
4.
It might be the kind of guy who wears his costume all the time because he loves the recognition and wouldn't know how to hide a secret identity anyway.
5.
These photorealistic oil paintings by Swedish artist Andreas Englund take us through the less dignified moments of a superhero.
6.
These images show us that--while our lives may be very different from that of this "hero"--we are still so similar in so many ways.
7.
Our hero may have to deal with aging like the rest of us; have a kid, learn from mistakes, eat a bad clementine, retire, and look back.
8.
The collection of paintings together implies a story that is all at once a little nostalgic, sad, funny, exciting, and hopeful.
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